230 people sick on cruise

July 31, 2006|By From news services.

Nearly 230 people aboard a cruise ship fell ill with a gastrointestinal illness--believed to be a norovirus--during a weeklong Caribbean voyage, the company said Saturday. The illness struck 221 of the Mariner of the Seas' 3,660 passengers and six of its 1,202 crew members. Most were expected to be recovered by the time the ship docked Sunday in Port Canaveral, Fla., as scheduled, a Royal Caribbean spokesman said.